Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:05:37 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mergemaster and RELENG6 Message-ID: <20051111070354.G13483@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <200511111302.jABD2Lj18381@akiva.homer.att.com> References: <200511111302.jABD2Lj18381@akiva.homer.att.com>
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, J. W. Ballantine wrote: > I'm trying to install RELEASE6 on a BSD machine, and the > install fails in the mergemaster stage with: > ... > cap_mkdb: illegal option -- l > usage: cap_mkdb [-v] [-f outfile] file [file ...] > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src/etc. > > *** FATAL ERROR: Cannot 'cd' to /usr/src/etc and install files to > the temproot environment > > The steps I took were: > > copied /etc/rc.d to /etc/old_rc.d > removed /usr/src/* /usr/obj/* > cvsup'ed RELENG6 > changed to /usr/src > did a make buildworld > did a make buildkernel > did a make installkernel > did a mergemaster -i > > Anyone have any thoughts on what is causing mergemaster to fail? Probably because you skipped the 'make installworld' step and are still running an old copy of mergemaster. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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